They don’t seem to have a dedicated Wikipedia page, yet QUILL have kept a solid presence on the British rock scene for five decades, 2023 marking the ensemble’s anniversary – and what’s the best way to commemorate such an achievement if not to pay tribute to their local musicians who went to claim international fame? “Local” in this case means from around Birmingham, and Brum had a paper titled “Midland Beat” back in the first half of the ’60s – the paper that has now lent its title to the sextet’s new album.
